im sure its been asked before... but here we go! i am getting ready to buy new wheels and tires. i have wheels picked out, but buying tires is a HUGE choice. I primarily drive the jeep to and from work, occasionally off roading in free time. I want the new tires to still get decent mileage, decent in mud but GREAT IN SNOW. Sort of dual purpose, Milwaukee winters can be extreme.. I guess i am more concerned with driving in snow than the ultimate mud tire. I will be buying 31-32x10.5-15" within the next week. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!

 

go to www.tirerack.com and read the reveiws of the tires you think you might be interested in.

 

did that for an hour already lol. thinking about the BF Goodrich All terrain KO's. Any XJers out there live in the midwest and use these? this will be on a 4.5" lift BTW. or will a mud tire be close enough in performance in snow as these? (i had my eyes on the BFG mud terrain t/a KM2's). I plan on keeping the 15x8 american racing wheels and 225's as backup if i am driving long distances

 

Pretty happy with the Goodyear Duratracs.

 

It's hard to go wrong with the BFG's. I had them on a 4X4 Ranger and they did very well in the winter. (I live in Central WI). The Goodyear GSA's I had before them were perhaps the worst winter tire I've ever owned. Like driving on ice all the time. Scary bad.

Surprisingly, the Primewell PS850's I put on the XJ last fall were also very good in the snow and slush. Cheap too, lol. They are much better than I expected all around.
The extent of my 'wheeling' is getting unstuck from the mud at job sites and they manage that OK, but I wouldn't expect much in deep sticky mud. Definitely a street tire, not self cleaning or very blocky. But the rubber compound is fairly soft- good in winter, not so good for treadlife.

 

Some good info so far.. so bfg a/t ko's or bfg mud terrain km2's?

 

I've asked a number of people and read countless reviews. I would say duratracs because they are rated for snow too. A friend has then on his 1/2 ton Chevy short box std cab and loves them for winter use with very limited off road use. He says most of the time here in Michigan he doesn't even put it in 4wd .... It's that good compared to his old tires btw: they look great too and he says their not too loud. He says he can carry on a normal conversation with no issues and he has over 50k miles on them. Pricey? Yes but so are bfg's I would not go with km2s for winter use...ko's will be better

 

We use the Goodyear Duratracs on our fleet vehicles, the guys love them and they hold up well.

 

I just put a set of bfg ta kos on our 99 xj (recent purchase) drove 300 miles first trip out and they made no more noise than the orignal tires that were on it. I had the same tires on a 07 f150 and loved them. They clean pretty good and excellent in snow. They are also rated for snow.

 

I have ran and personally compared bfg at's and duratracs. If you want good all around and amazing in snow get the duratracs. If you are gonna do a lot of rocks and sand then I would go bfg.

Edit: The duratracs have the mountain and snowflake symbol for heavy winter use, the bfgs do not.

 

Depending on the size, some BFG AT's are snow rated (snowflake/mountain symbol) and some are not. You would have to look at the specific tire. Why it varies by size I don't know. STAY AWAY from mud terrains if you want snow/ice performance. I laughed to myself when you mentioned Milwaukee winters being extreme... Try going up to the Keewenaw Peninsula in the UP or the NW lower peninsula of MI in the snow belt regions... You'll have a whole new idea of extreme (an average 13+ feed of snow a year).

Anyway, I would recommend Hankook DynaPro ATm's. I'm running them and they are a great snow/ice tire (even though they aren't marked as a snow tire). They also work very well off-road and are quiet on the road. They are cheaper than the BFG AT's and while I don't remember the publication, I read a shootout between the tires that rated the Hankook tires a little better than the BFG's all around. I did a lot of research on tires when I put new ones on and had the same concerns you do as I go up to the inlaws in the Keweenaw. The reviews on the Hankook tires was pretty much unanimous that they are a superb performing tire in all year round.

 

Oh, and if you give your threads a title that actually corresponds with what you're asking, you might get more responses.

 

Goodyear duratracs are currently rated number 1 in the snow and ice. And they wear extremley well on a light rig like a cherokee. My brother has them on his 2003 ram 2500 and he absolutley loves them. Only thing he doesnt like about them is that they are a very soft compound and he gets a lot of tire roll around corners. But like I said they are perfect for lighter rigs like ours. They have bfg all terrain center lugs, and km2 lugs on the outside of them.

 

Here's the article I referenced. http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techart...res/index.html

 

I ran a set of BFG AT - 235-75-15 on my 94 XJ and 98ZJ. Sold the 94 but got about 70,000 miles on the 98ZJ set. I found them to be very quiet and good in the snow (living in Canada, near Detroit, MI). I am currently running Michelin LTX M&S 235-75-15 on both the 93XJ and 98ZJ. This is the second set on the XJ, the first set gave me 115,000 miles before I replaced them.

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